Type or slug feed for printing or addressing machines.



J. TOMLINSON.

TYPE 0R SLUG FEED FOR PRINTING 0R ADDRESSING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 23', 1901.

1,105,313. Patented July 28, 1911 J. TOMLINSON. FEED FOR. PRINTING 0R ADDRESSING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.23,1907.

TYPE OR SLUG 1,105,313.

Patented July 28, 1914.

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J. TOMLINSON. TYPE 0R SLUG FEED FOR PRINTING 0R ADDRESSING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED 10110.23, 1907.

Patented July 28, 1914.

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APPLIO'ATION FILED DEC. 23, 1907. 1,105,31 3. Patented July 28,191L

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jap 6/2 /17 57/?255022 UNITED STATES PATENT oFEIcE.

JOSEPH ro v rmson, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,: assmivon *ro' cox MI IL rI MA ItER COMPANY, OF AUGUSTA, MAINE, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

TYPE 0R sLUs FEED FOR rnm'rmo on AmiREssmcr MACHINES.

To all 1141077!- it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, JosEPH Tommssos, a citizenof the United States, residing at New York, inthe county of New York and State'of New York,'have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type or Slug Feed for Printing or Addressing Machines.

This invention relates to improvements in type or slug feedingmechanism for printing or addressing machines, adapted for printing addresses upon newspapers, magazines and the like, and more particularly to that class of machines employing a slug or linotype which bears the address or matter to be printed, and theprim'ary object of the invention is'to provideiimproved means for rerndving the'slugs, one at a time, from a supply of such slugs whether the slug .be a single line slug or more, and placing the same in a printing position; then returning the slug to its original. position and then storing the slugs in regular order for future use., n

A further object is-to provide improved mean for preventing accidental displacement of the next adjacent slug in the supply whileone of the slugs is being removed therefrom tobe placed in a printing position. 7

A further object is to provide improved means forsupplying the slugs to the print- ,ing mechanism from one galley, and improved means for ejecting and storing the slugs in another galley "nd in regular order after being printed fi om. V

A further object is to'provide means, for automatically stopping the machine when a slug is not fed to the printing mechanism,

and improved means for preventing the machine from being thrown out of operation before the slug is fed .to the printing mechanism, and a further object is to provide improved means for-operatinga town marker.

. A still further object is to provide an im- Specification of Letters Patent. Application med December 21 -1907. Serial No. 407,624..

Patented uries, 1914.

scribed and claimed and "Sha n in the accom' 'panying drawings, 7 illustrating" an embodi- 'ment' of the invention, and inzwhich- Figure 1 1s a detail side elevation, partly in section, of an 'improvedfimaohin'e of this character. constructed in accordance with the principles of thi's'invention. Fig. 2 is a detail top plan view of Fig. 1. -Fig. 3 isan enlarged detail-plan view similarto Fig. 2 and partly in section. Fig. 4 is a detail view partly in section of the yielding mem-' her which forms av partial closure for the connecting passage betweenthe two galleys through which the slug is ejected. Fig. --5 is a sectional view on line 55 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detail view on line 6-6 of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a detail view partly in section of one of the retaining pawls for holding the slugs in the storage galley. Fig. 8 is a sectional view on line 8-8 of Fig. 3. Fig. 9

-. is a detail sectional viewon line 99 of Fig. 3. Fig. 10 is a detail perspective view partly in section showing the plunger for moving the slu g into a-printing position and also showing the ejector. Fig. ll'is a detail sectional view on line. 11-11 of Fig; 2. Fig. l2 is a -detail sectional viewon line 12 -12of Fig. 2. Fig. 13. is a detail perspective view of one of the'slugs. Fig. 14

is a'perspective view of the slug for controlling, the town marker.

Referring more particularly to the drawings and in. the present exemplification of the invention, the numeral20 designates a supply galley for containing the slugs 21 and these slugs may be fed forwardly in the galley preferably by means of a conveyer belt 22 arranged in the bottom of the galley and upon which the slugs rest, motion being imparted tothe belt in any desired or suitable manner. Arranged adjacent the supply galley 20 is a storage galley 2,3 which preferably extends beyond the forward end of the supply galley20 ahd with which the supply galley has communication through a suitable opening, 24 in the dividing wall 25.

Arranged within the supply galley 20 and beyond the opening 24 between the galleys, preferably at the forward end of the sup ly galley, is a plunger'26 which is provided with a reduced upper extremity 27 to form a, shoulder or rest 28, which latter is adapted to be brought in linerwith the opening 24 and with the top thereof substantially lush with the bottom of the storage galley 23,

as shown more clearly in Fig. 10 of the drawings. The plunger 26 preferably extends through the bottom of the galley 20 and is adapted to be reciprocated by means of a cam 29 mounted for rotation with the shaft 30 and this cam is adapted to engage a suitable anti-friction roller 31 on the plunger 26.

Arranged above and within the path of movement of the plunger 26 is a printing bed or platen 32. The magazines or papers to be printed are fed across the platen 32 by means of the belts 33 and are .adapted to be forced into engagement with the platen by one of the slugs 21 when the latter is moved into printing position by the plunger'26.

The shoulder 28 is of a width substantially equal to the width of the slug and when the plunger is down, the shoulder will be held substantially flush with the bottom of the galley 20 to receive the foremost slug.

of the supply when the supply is urged forward .by the belt 22 and when, the slug rests upon the shoulder, th latter forms a solid support to resist the strain exerted upon the slug when the-latter is forced against the paper carried by the belts 33, the platen 32 being yieldingly held in position by means of suitable flexible members 34, such as coil springs or the like. If desired, suitable yielding members 35 may be provided for returning the plunger 26 to its normal positlon.

In order to'hold the slug from displacement with relation to the plunger and to cause the slug to return to its normal position after being printed from, the plunger may be provided with. a suitable V-shaped lug 36 extending from one face of the reduced extremity and over the shoulder .28, anda yielding projection 37 spaced from the projection 36, and these projections are located preferably adjacent the extremities of the shoulder. Each of the slugs is provided with a V-shaped groove 38 on one edge and an angular groove or aperture 39 on the other edge, so that when the slug .is fed forwardly by the belt 22, the lug 36 will enter the V-shap ed' groove 38 in one end thereof and the yielding projection 37 will enter the groove 39 in the opposite edge to lock the slug against displacement. As the plunger 26 is raised to move the slug into printing position, the shoulder 28 will raise the slug and on the return movement of the plunger, the lug 36 and projection 37 will draw the slug downwardly with the plunger into its origi nal position. The slug is also held in position on the shoulder 28 during the upward movement of the plunger 26 by the pressure of the supply of slugs in the galley 20. \Vhen the slug has returned to its original position in the galley 20 it is ejected therefrom through the opening 24 and into the storage galley 23. Any suitable means may be provided for this purpose and a simple and eflicient means for accomplishing this result comprises an ejector 40 which is located to one side of the galley 20 and is adapted to pass through a suitable aperture in one wall of the galley, so that the extremity 42 thereof will engage the slug which is in position on the shoulder 28 of the plunger at a point remote from the lug 36. The ejector, being moved transversely of the plunger 26, will tend to shove the slugs off the shoulder 28 and through the opening 24 into the galley 23. The pressure exerted upon the slug by the ejector 40 will overcome the tension of the yielding member 37 and permit the slug to be moved by the ejector. After the slug has been ejected the ejector will be returned to its normal position and the next adjacent slug in the galley 20 will be fed forwardly upon the shoulder 28 of the plunger 26.

Any suitable means may be provided for operating the ejector. such as an arm 43, which is preferably pivoted intermediate its ends, as at 44, to a suitable support, one extremity thereof being pivotally connected as at 45 to the ejector 40 and theother extremity being adapted to project into a cam groove 46 in the member 47 which latter is mounted for rotation with the shaft 30, the cam 29 and the cam'groove 46 being so arranged with relationto each other that. the ejector'40 will be retracted at the proper time to permit the plunger 26 to operate.

When the slugs are fed into the galley 23, they may be advanced by a suitable plunger 48 movable in the galley 23, and which is held from displacement bymeans of a suitable bolt 49 passing through a slot 50 therein, and this plunger may be oscillated by means of a suitable 'arm 51 pivotally connected to the plunger 48 and which is pivotally supported as at 52 so that one extremity 53 thereof may be engaged by a cam 54 mounted for rotation with-the shaft 30 and which engages the extremity 53 to'rock the arm 51 about its pivot 52 when the shaft 30 is rotated. As the slugs are advanced by the plunger 48 in the galley 23 they maybe held against retrograde movement by means of suitable yielding latches 55.

In order to adapt this machine for use with slugs containing a plurality of printing lines, as well as with slugs containing only a single line, suitable means must be, provided to prevent the slug which occupies the position which would be occupied by the second line of a double line slug, when a single line slug is used, from being displaced when the single line slug is moved into printing position. As the slugs are fed forwardly by the belt 22 considerable friction is exerted upon the slugs and in order to overcome this friction and hold the next adjacent slug from being displaced when the first slug is removed, suitable yielding dogs or members 56, 57 may be provided and arranged to project through one side of the supply galley 20. These dogs or members 56 are preferably provided with V- shaped heads, as shown more clearly in Fig. 9 of the drawings, which is adapted to enter the V-shaped notches 38 in the slugs as they are advanced and these dogs or members are preferably located in close proximity to the face of the plunger 26, \Vhen a single line slug is ejected by the plunger 26, the dog or member 57 Will hold the next adjacen slug from being displaced and when a double line slug is ejected by the plunger the dog or member 57 will yield to permit the slug to be ejected and the dog or member 56 wil hold the adjacent slug from displacement.

Arranged on the opposite side of the gal ley 20 and extending longitudinally thereof for a short distance is a member 59, which moves in suitable uide-ways 60 and is angular in configuration and adapted to enter the angular notches 39 in the opposite side of the slug. This member 59 is adapted to yield longitudinally with relation to the gallefy 20 and the forward extremity 61 there- 0 is adapted to be held normally projected across the opening 24 between the galleys by means of a suitable flexible member 62, such as a spring or the like, and is adapted to stand adjacent the face of the plunger 26 This member 59 is provided with an inclined face 64 adjacent the slugs 21 in the galley 20 so that when the two-line slug is e ected from the plunger 26 by the ejector 40 to move the same into the galley 23 one edge of the slug will engage the inclined face 64 and move the member 59 against the tension of the yielding member 62 to permit the two-line slug to pass through the aperture 24. When a single line slug is ejected by the ejector 40 it will slide off of the shoulder 28 of the plunger and into the galley 23. the member 37 yielding to permit such movement and when a double line slug is ejected in a similar manner both of the members 59. 37, will yield to permit the slug to pass and after the extremity 42 of the ejector 40 passes the member 37 on its return movement, the member 37 will return to its normal position. The dogs or members 56 57 being provided with two beveled faces willyield under the pressure of the slugs in both directions to permit the plunger 26 to raise the slug to a rinting position and to lowerthe same to Its original position.

Any suitable means may be provided for operating a town marking apparatus to place a distinguishin mark upon one of the papers to denote t e town or destination of a certain number thereof. For this pur-- pose there is provided a marker comprising a marking roller 67, which is mounted for movement into and out of engagement with the advancing paper or magazine by means of a suitable rock shaft 68 which is connected to a solenoid 69 controlled by a suit; able electro-responsive device 70. The specific construction, however, of the marking device forms no part of the present inven tion,

Supported by the plunger 26 and passing transversely therethrough is a bar or rod. 71, which projects through a suitable slot 72 in the endof the galley 20 and is movable through the slot when the plunger is reciprocated. One extremity of the bar or rod 7 1. projects beyond the end of the galley and is provided with a contact member 73 adapted to pass between suitable contact points 74, which latter are connected by means of suitable conductors 75 to the electro-responsive device 70. A yieldin member 76 surrounds the rod 72, prefer-ab y within the plunger 26 and is adapted to hold the extremity 77 normally projected beyondthe face of the plunger 26 and above the shoulder 28 so that when the end is projected, the contact member 73 will ass between the contacts 74 to complete t e circuit. hen the slug is fed upon the shoulder 28 of the plunger, it will engage the extremity 77 of the bar or member 71 and hold the contact member 73 out of engagement with the contacts 74 to break the circuit. Some of the slugs 71 are provided with an aperture 78 which is arranged in line with the extremity 77 of the bar or rod 71 and this slug is preferably arranged at the beginning or at the end of the series of slugs denoting a certain destina tion. \Vhen the slug having the aperture 78 is in position on the shoulder 28 of the plunger 26, the extremity 77 of the bar or rod 71 will be projected therethrough by the spring 76 and permit the contact member to complete the circuit through the contacts 74 which will operate the town marker through the solenoid 69. The contact member 73 is provided with an inclined face 79 (see Fig. 1) and arranged in the path of movement of the contact member 73 when the plunger 26 is moved downwardly is a member 80 which is provided with an inclined face 81 adapted to be engaged by the inclined face 79 of the member 73 substantially at the time when the plunger reaches the limit of its downward movement so as to draw the extremity 77 of the bar or rod 71 out of the aperture 78 in the'slug 21 to permit the slug to be ejected by the ejector 40.

A similar bar or rod 82 is supported by the plunger 26 and is provided with a contact portion 83 adapted to move between contacts 84, which latter may be'connected by suitable conductors 85 to an eleetro-responsive device 86 which latter is adapted to shift the lever 87 throwing the clutch 88 out of operation to stop the machine when the contact portion 83 completes the circuit through the contacts 84. The forward extremity 89 of the member 82 is adapted to be normally projected beyond the face of the plunger 26 so as to be engaged by the slug in a manner similar to the extremity 77, so that when the slugs are properly fed to the plunger, the machine will be held in operation, but when the slugs are not properly fed to the plunger the member 83 will complete the circuit to throw the machine out of operation.

The member 83 may be held out of operative position with relation to the contacts 84 by a member 83 similar to the member 80, so as to prevent the machine from being thrown out of operation when one slug is ejected from the plunger and before the next advancing slug has been positioned on the plunger.

In order that the invention might be fully understood by 'those skilled in the art, the details of the foregoing embodiment thereof have been thus specifically described but \Vhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a achine of the class described, the combination of a galley for holding a supply of printing elements, means for directly receiving one of the elements moving it from said supply into a printing position, and returning it to its original position, means for locking the element to the said receiving and moving means, and means for ejecting the I said element transversely with respect to the line of feeding movement of said element to the first said means after being printed from and against the tension of the said locking means.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a galley for holding a supply of printing elements, means for extractin one of said elements to move the same directly from the supply into a printing position and for returning the element to its former position embodying a retainer carried by the extracting means, and means for ejecting the said elements transversely with respect to the line of feeding movement of the element to said extracting means and after being printed from, and against the tension of said retainer.

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a galley for holding a supply of printing elements, a plunger for extracting one of said elements and moving the same into a printing position, means movable with the plunger for locking the said printing element against displacement with respect to the plunger and means for releasing and ejecting said element from the plunger after being printed from and in a direction transverse to the direction of movement of the plunger and with respect to the line of feeding movement of the element to the plunger.

4. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a galley for holding a supply of printing elements, a plunger for extracting one of said elements and moving the same into a printing position, means for feeding the elements into a position to be engaged and moved by the plunger, means carried by the plunger for locking the said element to the plunger whereby it may be moved by the plunger againstthe friction of the supply of elements, and means for ejecting said element from the plunger and transversely with respect to the line of feeding movement of the element to the plunger and after being printed from.

5. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a galley for holding a supply of printing elements, a plunger for extracting one of said elements and moving the same into a printing position, means for feeding the elements into a position to be engaged and. moved by the plunger directly from the supply, means carried by the plunger for locking the said element to the plunger whereby it may be extracted from and returned to the supply by the plunger, and means for ejecting the said element from the supply against the tension of the locking means and transversely with respect to the line of feeding movement of the supply, when it is returned thereto after having been printed from.

6. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a galley for holding a supply of printing elements, a plunger for extracting one of the elements and moving it into a printing position, yielding means for holding the next adjacent element against displacement when one element is being removed, means for feeding said elements to the plunger, means for locking an element for movement with the plunger including a yielding member for holding the element against transverse movement with relation to the plunger, and means for ejecting said element transversely of the plunger after being printed from.

7. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a galley for holding a sup ply of printing elements, a plunger for extracting one of said elements and moving the same directly from the supply into a printing position, means for locking the said printing element against displacement with respect to the plunger, said means including a yielding element movable with the plunger and adapted to engage the printing element,

and means for ejecting the printing element against the tension of the said yie ding ele ment;

8. In a machine of the class described, the

combination of a galley for holding a supply of printing elements, a plunger for extracting one of said elements and moving the same directly from the supply into a printing position, means for locking the said printing element against displacement with respect to the plunger, said means including a yielding element movable with the plunger and adapted to engage the printing element, and means for ejecting the rinting element against the tension of the said yielding element, and transversely with respect to the line of feeding movement of the element to the plunger.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 15 name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses, on this ninth day of December, A. D. 1907.

JOSEPH TOMLINSON. Witnesses:

WM. Huscmom, E. H. SANFORD. 

